Alex Kretzschmar
Special guest
Red Hatter. Drone Racer. Photographer. Dog lover.
Alex Kretzschmar has been a guest on 63 episodes.
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327: Distro Disco
November 12th, 2019 | 59 mins 3 secs
apt, arch, btrfs, debian, dnf, fedora, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux podcast, manjaro, mate, neon, opensuse, openzfs, package managment, plasma, rolling, ubuntu, unplugged, urpmi, yellow dog linux, yum, zfs
Get to know our Linux Users Group a little better and learn why they love their Linux distros of choice, and the one thing they'd change to make them perfect.
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326: Dell, elementary, Fedora, oh my!
November 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
alsa, appcenter, christian schaller, dell, elementaryos, fedora 31, firecode, flatpak, fonts, gnome, jack, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, kexecboot, linux audio, linux laptops, linux podcast, pick, pinebook pro, pipewire, pulseaudio, raspberry pi, raspberry pi 4, red hat, sideload, ubuntu, unplugged, xps, xps 13
Dell expands their linux hardware lineup, why elementary OS's Flatpak support sets the bar, and we chat with Christian Schaller of Red Hat about Fedora 31 and what's around the corner.
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325: DNF or Die
October 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
32-bit, amd, balena, cgroups, cgroupsv2, containers, docker, egpu, etcher, fedora, fedora 31, fedora toolbox, flathub, flatpak, gnome, gnome software, i686, jay little, jupiter broadcasting, librem 5, linux desktop, linux graphics, linux podcast, mantiz, nvidia, podman, proton, purism, python, python 2, raspberry pi, silverblue, ssh, steam, terminal sharing, tmate, tmux, ubucon, ubucon europe, unplugged
Fedora 31 strikes the right balance, we get the latest on the Librem 5 situation, and an easy graphics boost for laptops.
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324: RAMburglars
October 22nd, 2019 | 58 mins 56 secs
19.10, ai, benchmarks, don watkins, ext4, fedora, filesystem, gnome, gnome foundation, jupiter broadcasting, linux gaming, linux podcast, mate, matthew miller, memory pressure, ml, opensource.com, openzfs, patent troll defense fund, pi 4, pop!_os, ram, raspberry pi 4, shotwell, steam remote play together, system76, tensorflow, tensorman, thinkpad, thinkpad-tools, ubuntu 19.10, unix, unplugged, zfs
Is the ZFS tax too high? We pit ZFS on root against ext4 in our laptop pressure cooker and see how they perform when RAM gets tight.
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321: Fresh Install Feels
October 1st, 2019 | 1 hr 7 mins
ansible, automation, canonical, cpu-x, crypto, cryptography, dconf, direnv, fedora, fedora 31, gnome, installing linux, jupiter broadcasting, kde, linux podcast, opensuse, plasma, red hat, scripting, security, ubuntu, ubuntu 19.10, ubuntu mate, vpn, wireguard, yadm
What makes a fresh install of Linux perfect? We ask our panel and share a few tools, tips, and habits that make our Linux installs perfect.
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319: Positive in the Freedom Dimension
September 17th, 2019 | 58 mins 51 secs
avree, balena, balenaos, bernhard landauer, clipgrab, csail, dm, free software foundation, fsf, gnome, gnu, interview, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux 5.3, linux podcast, manjaro, mit, nextcloud, nextcloud 17, powershell, powershell on linux, powershellonlinux.com, raspberry pi, raspberry pi 4, richard stallman, rms, unplugged
Richard Stallman has resigned as president and director of the Free Software Foundation, and that's just one of the major shifts this week.
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317: Performance Picks for Kicks
September 3rd, 2019 | 1 hr 6 mins
adwaita, cpu tuning, cpufreq, dark mode, dark style preference, exfat, freedesktop, game mode, geometric picking, gnome, gnome 3.34, jupiter broadcasting, level1tech, linux podcast, meshroom, microsoft, mutter, network transparency, nvidia, open invention network, performance, photogrammetry, remote desktop, throttling, unplugged, vendor themes, wayland, waypipe, wendell wilson, xkcd
We take a trip to visit Level1Tech's Wendell Wilson and come back with some of his performance tips for a smoother Linux desktop.
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316: Self-Hosted Secrets
August 27th, 2019 | 55 mins 22 secs
bfq, bitwarden, cloud, dan lynch, docker, fedora, foss, io scheduler, jupiter broadcasting, lastpass, linux podcast, linux unplugged, low-memory-monitor, memory pressure, oggcamp, oom, oomd, password managers, passwords, pine64, pinebook pro, podman, rust, self hosted, self hosted show, systemd, usb, usbtop, wayland
Safely host your own password database using totally open source software. We cover BitWarden, our top choice to solve this problem.
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314: Bigger. Faster. Harder to Maintain.
August 13th, 2019 | 56 mins 20 secs
4k, adder, arch linux, centos, cki, continuous integration, coreboot, distro hoppers, fedora, jupiter broadcasting, kconfig, kde, laptop, linux kernel, linux podcast, linux unplugged, livepatch, major hayden, open firmware, openqa, opensuse, patchwork, plasma, quicktile, red hat, system76, thunderbolt, ubuntu lts, wobbly windows, xfce
It's huge, and it's getting bigger every month. How do you test the Linux Kernel? Major Hayden from Red Hat joins us to discuss their efforts to automate Kernel bug hunting.
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313: I Spy With My Little Pi
August 6th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
codimd, fedora, fedora minimization team, freeoffice, jupiter broadcasting, kexec, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxboot, manjaro, motion, motion detection, motion sensor, motioneye, pihole, pulic domain books, raspberry pi 4, raspberry pi desktop kit, seagl, shinobi, topgrade, uefi, windows kexec
We put the Raspberry Pi 4 to the desktop test, and try it as our daily driver.
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312: What Modern Linux Looks Like
July 30th, 2019 | 57 mins 33 secs
containers, darling, docker, embedded devices, etcd, fedora coreos, freeoffice, iot, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, macos, manjaro, podman, raspberry pi 4, raspberry pi desktop kit, softmaker, thinkpad, thinktiny, ubucon, ubuntu core, wine
Manjaro takes significant steps to stand out, and the shared problem major distributions are trying to solve, and why it will shape the future of Linux.
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311: 32 Hours of Outrage
July 23rd, 2019 | 1 hr 8 mins
32bit, amazon linux, aws certified solutions architect, career in linux today, dropbox xfs, endeavour os, fedora i686, jupiter broadcasting, kernel 5.2 kvm bug, linux job market, linux job tipis, linux podcast, linux unplugged, linuxserver, red hat certified engineer, texas linuxfest keynote, thomas cameron
Keynote presenter from Texas LinuxFest and established industry expert Thomas Cameron joins us to discuss the end of the distro wars, the future of Linux jobs, his personal take on IBM's acquisition of Red Hat, some really great Linux job tips, and much more.
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310: All Roads Lead to Linux
July 16th, 2019 | 45 mins 58 secs
2019 review, ad-blocker, azure, canonical, encryption, firefox service, gnome performance, jupiter broadcasting, linux community, linux news trends, linux unplugged, mozilla, red hat, ubuntu, wsl2, zfs
What’s surprised us, what we got wrong, right, and what the biggest game changers have been in 2019 so far.
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309: The Future is Open
July 9th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
browser wars, canonical, cloudflare, dark theme, devilspie, dns, dns-over-https, dns-over-tls, dnscrypt, dnssec, firefox, firefox 68, github, ibm, internet, internet villian, isp, jupiter broadcasting, linux, linux unplugged, mozilla, open source, pihole, raspberry pi 4, red hat, redaing mode, secure dns, security, ubuntu, udp, uk ispa, usb-c, xfce
Open Source has taken over the world, as IBM's purchase of Red Hat closes. We reflect on this historic moment.
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308: The One About GPU Passthrough
July 2nd, 2019 | 56 mins 46 secs
acs, code 43, egpu passthrough, iommu group, jupiter broadcasting, linux podcast, linux unplugged, looking glass, macos simple kvm, macos virtio, mantiz venus, ovmf, pfsense with pci passthrough, uefi firmware, vfio, virt-manager
Our crew walks you through their PCI Passthrough setups that let them run Windows, macOS, and distro-hop all from one Linux machine.
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307: What's your NextCloud?
June 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 19 mins
32bit, arandr, collaboration, containers, data storage, docker, document editing, dropbox, file sync, glass disc, i386, i686, ia-32, jupiter broadcasting, lexicon, linux drama, linux journalism, linux podcast, linux unplugged, nextcloud, open source, open source alternatives, pim, raspberry pi, raspberry pi 4, raspberry pi desktop, snap packages, steam, ubuntu, ubuntu 19.10, x86
Go full self-hosted with our team’s tips, and we share our setups from simple to complex.